Social Security Increase Needed

I am writing to express my deep disappointment in the recent announcement that there will not be a cost-of-living increase for Social Security beneficiaries next year.

Especially for a high-cost state such as ours, it is critical that Congress acts now to address this. According to polling from the Center for Community Change Action and Social Security Works, 79 percent of likely voters support expanding Social Security benefits and paying for it by asking the wealthy to pay their fair share.

A new report examining the retirement assets of the Fortune 500 CEOs finds that just 100 of them have $4.9 billion -- the same retirement savings as 41 percent of America's families.

It's further evidence that we now need to expand Social Security to help address the outrageous inequality in our country between the "haves'" and the "have-nots."

People like me are counting on it.

Win Heimer, West HartfordThe writer is executive vice president of the CT Alliance for Retired Americans.